Hilarious moment unassuming Aussie unknowingly interviews award-winning director
An Aussie TikToker has been left red-faced after unknowingly interviewing a legend of the Australian movie industry.
Georgia Godworth took to the streets of the Sydney inner west suburb of Newtown to ask members of the public for relationship advice.
Ms Godworth began asking a man in a green leather jacket some questions about relationships, oblivious as to who she was speaking to.
Turns out that man was award-winning director Baz Luhrmann.
She captioned the clip, which was posted to TikTok, “no idea this was Baz Luhrmann”.
In true director style, the video begins with Luhrmann instructing the social media star and her camera operator where to stand in order to get the best lighting for the clip.
Mr Luhrmann seemed to take it all on the chin and enjoyed the unorthodox interview, sharing wisdom and insight into his own approach to marriage with his wife, Oscar-winning costume and production designer Catherine Martin.
“During that journey of marriage, the person I’m married to and I found our own really genuine and authentic concept of what our contract to each other should be,” Mr Luhrmann said.
“But I think more importantly, marriage is not so much about what exists between you and another person, it’s about advertising to other people that you love and care as to what the dealio is."
“My own general philosophy is, if you care about someone and they’re your friend, but they fall in love with someone else or they like someone, there has to be some degree of acceptance.”
At the end of the interview, Mr Luhrmann told Ms Godworth that he usually doesn’t “do interviews”, saying, “But you know what? Happy to be a part of yours.”
Despite the light-hearted nature of the interview, people were quick to drag Ms Godworth for not recognising the famous director.
“I feel like you shouldn’t work in media if you don’t know who Baz Luhrmann is. An insult to this genius,” one person wrote.
“Please tell me you’re joking and you absolutely knew who this was,” wrote another. “This is really embarrassing for you."
Others came to her defence and even found the situation humorous, with one person commenting, “Walking down the street and bumping into Baz Luhrmann is so Australian.”
“This is SUCH a wild encounter!" another wrote.
Image credits: TikTok